The remote place with a unique insight into a potentially perilous standoff
Chinese fighter jets conduct a joint combat training exercises around the Taiwan Island in August 2022. Pic: Xinhua via APA remote, wind-swept place with a unique insight into a potentially perilous standoff playing out above.
Atop a blustery hill, you can see out across the water in three directions, the Pacific Ocean to the east, the Bashi Channel to the south and west across Taiwan Strait.Robin Hsu comes to this spot almost every day with a car rigged up with homemade antenna and audio receivers.There are plenty of mundane communications captured by his kit, the crew of nearby ships conversing for instance, and air traffic control directing commercial aircraft.
Taiwan is a self-governing democracy that China sees as its own. Taking control of the island is a stated priority of the Chinese leader Xi Jinping and these flights are part of a broader picture of heightened pressure. Robin records interactions like this every day now and he says he's noticed a huge increase from when he first started doing this in 2020.Indeed, the statistics support his observations, the number of Chinese jets making these trips increased fivefold from 2020 to 2022."I'm a United States military aircraft, conducting lawful military activity, in international airspace and exercises, as guaranteed by international law," it says.
Robin posts his recordings on his Facebook page. This endeavour costs him significant time and money, so why does he do it?
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